Candidates
Incumbent Governor Togiola Tulafono and Lieutenant Governor Ipulasi Aitofele Sunia announced their intent to seek re-election on May 10, 2008. They are being challenged by three nonpartisan team tickets. Candidates for governor and lieutenant governor are elected under the same ticket. All elections in American Samoa are nonpartisan.
- Togiola Tulafono – Incumbent Governor of American Samoa (in the Democratic Party)
- Running mate: Ipulasi Aitofele Sunia, Incumbent Lieutenant Governor of American Samoa (in the Democratic Party)
- Afoa Moega Lutu – Former Attorney General of American Samoa, candidate for governor in 2004
- Running mate: Velega Savali, former American Samoan Treasurer (2005–2008)
- Utu Abe Malae – Former President of the Development Bank of American Samoa
- Running mate: Nua Mailo Saoluaga, former Speaker of the American Samoa House of Representatives (1997–2002)
- Tuika Tuika – Accountant
- Running mate: Tee Masaniai, United States military retiree
Read more about this topic: American Samoa Gubernatorial Election, 2008
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